Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2020-06-02

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Jun 2
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
125 head
▼ 575 vs last sale 700▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 175▲ 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
759 head
▲ 389 vs last sale 370▲ 759 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with a couple of weeks ago feeder steers and heifers lightly tested. Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. In conjunction with the regular sale a special cow -calf pair sale. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.66/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$144.66
51 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$850
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+16.61
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1587144.6685051
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale51 hd
144.66
—
CO average2 barns · 164 hd
128.05
+16.61
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,88882.031,54926
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47561.0290022
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21457.6369920
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04946.6748921

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls——1,86684.50/cwt82.50–87.001,5777
Bulls——1,85777.82/cwt74.50–81.001,44513
Bulls——1,98088.29/cwt88.00–89.001,7486
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44260.71/cwt58.00–63.008758
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50065.50/cwt64.00–68.009839
CowsLean 85-90%—95752.33/cwt50.00–54.005015
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0551,518.12/cwt1,485.00–1,575.0016,01653
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8071,372.99/cwt1,350.00–1,400.0011,08021
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,3381,071.11/cwt1,035.00–1,150.0014,331121
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2751,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0015,30017
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,15557.23/cwt53.00–61.0066170
SteersMedium and Large 1—468153.00/cwt153.00–153.007166
SteersMedium and Large 1—564153.50/cwt153.50–153.508669
SteersMedium and Large 1—781122.00/cwt122.00–122.0095314
SteersMedium and Large 1—437160.30/cwt159.00–165.0070117
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2271,277.73/cwt1,225.00–1,385.0015,67865
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,3501,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0019,5759
HeifersMedium and Large 1—334147.85/cwt147.50–149.004944
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520130.29/cwt129.00–132.006787
HeifersMedium and Large 1—444146.00/cwt146.00–146.006488
HeifersMedium and Large 1—619126.98/cwt126.00–129.007869
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—525125.69/cwt125.00–127.006606
SteersMedium and Large 1—742129.00/cwt129.00–129.009575
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06441.83/cwt38.00–43.504456
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08546.75/cwt45.00–49.0050710
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26363.49/cwt63.00–64.008023
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25253.20/cwt51.00–55.006666
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17958.44/cwt56.00–61.0068911
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48453.44/cwt51.00–56.007935

How this sale compares

Colorado weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Colorado auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.